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Tag: romance

reviews

MATERIALISTS

In love and relationships, is it better to go with your heart or your head?

Posted on June 14, 2025June 14, 2025
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CRAZY RICH ASIANS

In life, and in love, you can’t play not to lose.

Posted on August 19, 2018September 22, 2019
trailers

Le Temps de L’Amour: MOOD INDIGO Trailer

Will 2013 go down as The Year St. Michel Returned?

Posted on February 6, 2013February 10, 2013
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WARM BODIES

Maybe there’s something left to be said with the zombie genre after all.

Posted on February 4, 2013February 9, 2013
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CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER

Moment after moment of our lives, we are forced to decide what’s in our own best interest, and what’s best for everybody else. Sometimes those decisions are easy: Other times, not so much.

Posted on August 13, 2012August 7, 2013
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TO ROME WITH LOVE

Italians are such a passionate people, so you can see why Woody Allen wasn’t content just to tell one of their tales of love.

Posted on July 29, 2012August 7, 2013
trailers

Baby, You’re a Rich Man – THE GREAT GATSBY Trailer

Surely you must know Gatsby…

Posted on May 23, 2012May 28, 2012
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CRAZY STUPID LOVE

Something Seemingly So Predictable Turns Sweet, Honest, and Truly Surprising.

Posted on August 21, 2011January 28, 2012
dvd doubleback

Doubleback: MORNING GLORY

There’s a lot about MORNING GLORY that makes me want to just wail away on it. But in a rare twist, there is also an … Read More ›

Posted on March 15, 2011August 6, 2011
listy goodness

All You Need is Love (Top Five Romances)

It’s Valentine’s Day this week (hands up all the guys who forgot). On the surface, it’s a made-up holiday that provides a payday for florists … Read More ›

Posted on February 10, 2009August 23, 2012
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VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA

As we travel, we tend to take a vacation from more than just our day-to-day…sometimes we take a vacation from everything we’re known to be back home.

Posted on December 7, 2008August 7, 2013
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AUSTRALIA

What has become of the epic?

Posted on November 29, 2008August 30, 2012

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